Chris "Frenchie" Smith

Chris "Frenchie" Smith
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Origin	Durant, Oklahoma
Associated acts	Sixteen Deluxe, Young Heart Attack
Website	Discography

Chris "Frenchie" Smith (born in Durant, Oklahoma), is a Grammy-nominated American record producer, guitarist, rock 'n' roll musician, and songwriter.

Biography

Chris "Frenchie" Smith first began as a guitar player in the influential Austin noise-pop band Sixteen Deluxe in 1994. The band signed with Warner Bros in 1996. After Sixteen Deluxe disbanded in 2000, Frenchie formed Young Heart Attack in 2001 with Steven Hall and Joey Shuffield from Fastball. Young Heart Attack signed with XL Recordings in 2003 and released their debut album Mouthful of Love in 2004. The band did several high profile tours throughout the world with Motörhead, The Darkness, and Peaches.

Audio engineering and production became more of his focus as time went on. He currently co-owns The Bubble Recording studio with Alex Lyon, in Austin, Texas.

He has produced well over a hundred records, including: And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Meat Puppets, Built to Spill, Jet, Dandy Warhols and many local Austin bands. As a successful indie-producer, Frenchie has achieved a Grammy nomination, has gotten to work with many foreign musicians, recorded at many notable studios all over the world, and was also chosen to speak at the 2009 SXSW Producer Panel convention with other producers such as, Hugh Padgham, Tim Palmer, and Chris Walla. Frenchie is managed by Worlds End Management based out of L.A. and is also a governor for the Grammy's Texas chapter.

Productions

• ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
• The Answer
• Dandy Warhols
• The Dandies
• The Datsuns
• Helios Creed
• IV Thieves
• Jet
• Jungleset
• Lost Bayou Ramblers
• Meat Puppets
• Ringo Deathstarr
• Scorpion Child
• Smog
• Smoke And Feathers
• The Boxing Lesson
• Speak
• The Steps
• Ume
• The Hi-Tones
• Young Heart Attack
• Lions
• Black Forest Fire
• The Art
• The Steps
• Death Letters

References

• Worlds End Producer Management

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